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Boggs claims Pitt the Elder was the greatest prime minister to Barney's Lord Palmerston, causing Barney to punch Boggs in the face, knocking him unconscious. Pitt is briefly derided (but does not appear) in the Blackadder The Third episode "Dish and Dishonesty". Blackadder states that he is "about as effective as a catflap in an elephant house".
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865), known as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman and politician who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1855 to 1858 and from 1859 to 1865.
1.7 William Pitt the Elder. 1.8 Duke of Grafton. 1.9 Lord North. 1.10 Earl of Shelburne. ... 2.11 Lord Palmerston. 2.12 Benjamin Disraeli. 2.13 William Gladstone. 3 ...
William Pitt (the Elder), 1st Earl of Chatham. Earl of Chatham, of Chatham in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.It was created in 1766 for William Pitt the Elder on his appointment as Lord Privy Seal, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Pitt, of Burton Pynsent in the County of Somerset, also in the Peerage of Great Britain.
2nd Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple: Richard Grenville-Temple 1711–1779 2nd Earl Temple, 3rd Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham: George Grenville 1712–1770: Hester Grenville 1720–1803 Baroness Chatham m. William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham and Viscount Pitt: George Lyttelton 1709–1773 1st Baron Lyttelton, 5th Baronet, of Frankley
2nd Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple: Richard Grenville-Temple 1711–1779 2nd Earl Temple, 3rd Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham: George Grenville 1712–1770: Hester Grenville 1720–1803 Baroness Chatham m. William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham and Viscount Pitt: George Lyttelton 1709–1773 1st Baron Lyttelton, 5th Baronet, of Frankley
British Prime Ministers buried in the abbey are: William Pitt the Elder, William Pitt the Younger, George Canning, Viscount Palmerston, William Ewart Gladstone, Bonar Law, Neville Chamberlain and Clement Attlee. In 1864, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley was appointed dean of the abbey, and was very influential in turning it into a "national church".
Lord Camden succeeds Gower as Lord President. November 1787 – Lord Buckingham succeeds Rutland as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. July 1788 – Lord Chatham, Pitt's elder brother, succeeds Lord Howe as First Lord of the Admiralty. June 1789 – William Grenville (Lord Grenville from 1790) succeeds Lord Sydney as Home Secretary.